diff --git a/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c b/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c
index 6ca146d9d..5530e5629 100644
--- a/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c
+++ b/plugins/win-capture/game-capture.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "obfuscate.h"
 #include "inject-library.h"
 #include "graphics-hook-info.h"
+#include "graphics-hook-ver.h"
 #include "window-helpers.h"
 #include "cursor-capture.h"
 #include "app-helpers.h"
@@ -1610,6 +1611,17 @@ static bool start_capture(struct game_capture *gc)
 {
 	debug("Starting capture");
 
+	/* prevent from using a DLL version that's higher than current */
+	if (gc->global_hook_info->hook_ver_major > HOOK_VER_MAJOR) {
+		warn("cannot initialize hook, DLL hook version is "
+		     "%" PRIu32 ".%" PRIu32
+		     ", current plugin hook major version is %d.%d",
+		     gc->global_hook_info->hook_ver_major,
+		     gc->global_hook_info->hook_ver_minor, HOOK_VER_MAJOR,
+		     HOOK_VER_MINOR);
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	if (gc->global_hook_info->type == CAPTURE_TYPE_MEMORY) {
 		if (!init_shmem_capture(gc)) {
 			return false;
diff --git a/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook-info.h b/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook-info.h
index 04546e489..17f93574b 100644
--- a/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook-info.h
+++ b/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook-info.h
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ struct graphics_offsets {
 };
 
 struct hook_info {
+	/* hook version */
+	uint32_t hook_ver_major;
+	uint32_t hook_ver_minor;
+
 	/* capture info */
 	enum capture_type type;
 	uint32_t window;
@@ -101,6 +105,8 @@ struct hook_info {
 
 	/* hook addresses */
 	struct graphics_offsets offsets;
+
+	uint32_t reserved[128];
 };
 
 #pragma pack(pop)
diff --git a/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook/graphics-hook.c b/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook/graphics-hook.c
index abe789131..2dc83a80c 100644
--- a/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook/graphics-hook.c
+++ b/plugins/win-capture/graphics-hook/graphics-hook.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <psapi.h>
 #include "graphics-hook.h"
+#include "../graphics-hook-ver.h"
 #include "../obfuscate.h"
 #include "../funchook.h"
 
@@ -539,6 +540,8 @@ bool capture_init_shtex(struct shtex_data **data, HWND window, uint32_t base_cx,
 	*data = shmem_info;
 	(*data)->tex_handle = (uint32_t)handle;
 
+	global_hook_info->hook_ver_major = HOOK_VER_MAJOR;
+	global_hook_info->hook_ver_minor = HOOK_VER_MINOR;
 	global_hook_info->window = (uint32_t)(uintptr_t)window;
 	global_hook_info->type = CAPTURE_TYPE_TEXTURE;
 	global_hook_info->format = format;
@@ -732,6 +735,8 @@ bool capture_init_shmem(struct shmem_data **data, HWND window, uint32_t base_cx,
 	(*data)->tex1_offset = (uint32_t)align_pos;
 	(*data)->tex2_offset = (*data)->tex1_offset + aligned_tex;
 
+	global_hook_info->hook_ver_major = HOOK_VER_MAJOR;
+	global_hook_info->hook_ver_minor = HOOK_VER_MINOR;
 	global_hook_info->window = (uint32_t)(uintptr_t)window;
 	global_hook_info->type = CAPTURE_TYPE_MEMORY;
 	global_hook_info->format = format;